Upon hearing this, Long Gan immediately reported the news to his superiors after hanging up the phone.
Upon hearing the news, the higher-ups immediately mobilized the entire fire brigade to rescue the Jinxiu Haoting residential community, which had been attacked by mutated ants.
In addition, he reported this emergency to the government and military of City C.
When Long Gan and his teammates arrived at Jinxiu Residential Area in a fire truck, they were all stunned by the dense swarms of ants on the high-rise buildings inside.
Countless mutated red ants moved from one building to another.
Large swarms of fiery red mutant ants, under the intense sunlight, resembled a vast expanse of reflective red satin.
"Take precautions, this thing might be tough to deal with!" Long Gan ordered his teammates while carrying a flamethrower.
As a fire brigade squad leader, although he had never seen this mutant red ant before, based on past experience, the more brightly colored the insect, the more dangerous it is.
After they connected by phone, he learned from Comrade Xu Lai, who had called him, that this thing was not only highly poisonous, but also could eat people.
"Ah, don't come any closer, don't come any closer, help me..."
The moment Long Gan instructed his teammates to check their equipment, they heard screams coming from the first floor of the building in front of them.
"Oh no! Mutant red ants have broken into this building! We need to get over there right now!"
After seeing the dense swarm of mutated red ants come down from the back of a building, they crawled across the road below and quickly climbed up the wall of another building.
"Those at home, quickly close the doors and windows, and seal any gaps..."
Long Gan instructed one of his teammates to put a megaphone in front of his mouth and shout repeatedly at the other buildings that had not been attacked by the mutated ant swarm.
Long Gan, along with his teammates, dressed in protective suits and armed with flamethrowers, rushed toward the mutated ant swarm that had already climbed onto the building in front of them.
"Fire!"
They were completely covered from head to toe in specially made fire-fighting protective suits, which are fireproof, cut-proof, puncture-proof, and also resistant to chemical corrosion.
To be honest, this was because many of their colleagues who fought the fire lost their lives in the Wangtaishan fire last time, so the higher-ups went to great lengths to provide each of them with a set of equipment.
With the protective suits in hand, they held flamethrowers and unleashed a barrage of fire at the swarms of ants.
These mutated ants, with their fiery red shells seemingly evolved, were able to withstand the intense heat from the flamethrower.
"Oh no, they've started attacking us!"
Sensing the hostility of Long Gan and his group, the mutated ants that were attacked quickly changed direction.
They waved their fiery red tentacles, revealing sharp mandibles, and attacked Long Gan and his teammates.
Although the group was wearing special protective suits, they were still worried that even these suits wouldn't be able to withstand the repeated attacks from the tenacious mutated red ants.
So they picked up their flamethrowers and started spraying fire at the ants that were trying to attack them.
Fortunately, although the shells of these mutated red ants were hard, they ultimately could not withstand the prolonged heat of the flames.
After being roasted for about half a minute at noon, the mutated red ant finally burst with a "pop" under the scorching heat!
"Keep burning it a little longer, they won't be able to take it!"
Upon discovering this pattern, Long Gan immediately shouted a reminder to his teammates.
He and four teammates were responsible for eliminating the ants on one side of the wall, while the rest of the team and other teammates were responsible for the mutated ants on the other walls.
The mutated ants put up a fierce resistance for a while, but when they realized they couldn't defeat their opponent, they nudged each other with their antennae and then suddenly fled to the ground in another direction.
After the mutated ants on the glass scurried away, Long Gan and his companions were able to see the situation inside the room.
Inside, only two sets of white bones, one large and one small, remained on the floor, along with pools of still-wet red blood.
The ants that had been feeding on people inside were long gone.
During these apocalyptic times, Long Gan and his teammates have seen many dead bodies, but none of them have ever terrified him as they have today!
From the moment he heard the cries for help and wails from inside the house until now, only a dozen minutes had passed, and the two people, one big and one small, inside the house had been completely devoured by these mutated ants!
That's absolutely terrifying!
Long Gan exchanged glances with his three teammates, and he saw deep fear in their eyes!
Fortunately, they were fully equipped today, wearing specially made protective suits.
"Great, you've finally arrived..."
Upon seeing the dozen or so fire trucks parked in the community, along with the military vehicles that were still arriving, Feng Chun, the community leader, wearing thick clothes and shoes and with his face covered by a mask, ran over with two subordinates dressed similarly, their eyes red.
When he received a distress call from a resident of the community, he immediately rushed over from the guardhouse at the main entrance of the community with two subordinates.
They witnessed firsthand how swarms of enormous red ants, like a red tide, devoured residents who couldn't escape in the blink of an eye, leaving only bones.
He and his assistant, with their mortal bodies, certainly couldn't defeat these ants.
So he quickly returned to the guardhouse and bundled himself up in thick clothes, shoes, and a mask. Then, he grabbed a megaphone and ran around the neighborhood, shouting to the residents to remind them to close their doors and windows.
By this time, their throats were already hoarse, and their thick clothes were soaked with sweat under the extreme heat.
"Leave this place to us, you guys take a rest first!"
When the military and fire department leaders who came saw that the three men were clearly suffering from heatstroke, they asked the military doctor who had come with them to take them into the vehicle to take a look.
After they got out of the car, they saw dozens of skeletons and red bloodstains dried by the sun on the ground.
I heard that five buildings have been attacked by these five waves of mutated red ants. I wonder how many people are still alive in these five buildings?
The leaders frowned as they watched the ant swarm, which they had driven back with flamethrowers, climb down from the building and rush towards the skeletons—or rather, their nest.
Seeing that some firefighters were about to press their advantage, they quickly stopped them: "Send two people to track their movements and pinpoint the location of their nest. The rest of you, hurry up and go help in other buildings!"
The number of these mutated ants is simply too large; to eliminate them in a short time is nothing short of a pipe dream!
It would be better to drive away the mutated ants invading other buildings as soon as possible, and save more lives.
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